Components of population growth for Arctic foxes at a large Arctic goose colony: the relative contributions of adult survival and recruitment

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Gustaf Samelius, Ray T. Alisauskas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2017
• Subjects: Life history; population dynamics; recruitment; survival; Vulpes lagopus; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Arctic; Canada; Karrak Lake; Nunavut; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2017.1332948; https://doaj.org/article/4ff01603276c49268695448a8d82f7f6

The abundance and distribution of animals often vary dramatically among years in Arctic environments. Such variation, in turn, is closely related to changes in food abundance and its effect on vital rates such as survival and recruitment. However, the relative importance of survival and recruitment...